Ircinia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae.[1]

Ircinia
Ircinia campana at 90 meters in California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Irciniidae
Genus: Ircinia
Nardo, 1833
Species

87 species (see text)

Synonyms
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  • Dysidicinia Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Euricinia Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Filifera Lieberkühn, 1859
  • Filifera (Hircinia) Schmidt, 1862
  • Hircinella Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hircinia Nardo, 1834
  • Hircinia (Dysidicinia) Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hircinia (Euricinia) Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hircinia (Hircinella) Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Polytherses Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Stematumenia Bowerbank, 1845

Species

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The following 87 species are recognized in the genus Ircinia:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. (2021). "Ircinia Nardo, 1833". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 September 2021.